[HistoricCemeteries] CEMETERY, REVITALIZATION SPECIALIST TO SPEAK AT HERITAGE CONFERENCE - REGISTER NOW!!!

[Kuri Gill]

CEMETERY, REVITALIZATION SPECIALIST TO SPEAK AT HERITAGE CONFERENCE
 
"Thinking Outside the Fence: A Guide to Sustainable Historic Cemetery
Management" will be a featured talk at the Oregon Heritage Conference
which takes place April 7-9 in Astoria.
 
The talk will be given by John Bry who focuses his efforts on  historic
cemetery and revitalization issues. He currently is the executive
director of the Noble County Visitors Bureau in his native state of
Indiana. In 2010, he launched the first statewide historic cemetery tour
trail called the Tombstone Trail in Indiana, and advises on historic
cemetery projects in New York and Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor's
degree in historic preservation from Southeast Missouri State
University, and is a nationally certified Downtown Revitalization
Professional. He has been involved in various downtown revitalization
and heritage tourism efforts around the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States
for 20 years as a manager, consultant and trainer.  
 
His presentation will focus on five key steps for historic cemeteries
to balance in the development of a sustainable approach that addresses
the challenges and opportunities for preserving historic cemeteries both
inside, and outside, the fence.  
 
The Oregon Heritage Conference will be attended by community leaders,
staff and volunteers from historical societies, museums, historic
cemeteries, ethnic organizations, schools, historic preservation
commissions, humanities groups, the tourism industry, economic
development, history buffs and professional historians, youth, and
local, tribal, state and federal governments.
 
For more information about the conference, visit its website at
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml 
 
You can also keep up with the latest conference developments on its
Facebook page at  
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Oregon-Heritage-Conference/194597583890959 
 You can look at the page whether you have your own Facebook page or
not. If you are a Facebook member, you can be notified of the latest
developments by clicking the page's "Like" button.
 
 
Kuri Gill
Historic Cemeteries Program  & CLG Coordinator
725 Summer St. NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301-1266
(503) 986-0685
(503) 986-0793 (fax)
kuri.gill at state.or.us
Plan to attend the Oregon Heritage Conference April 7-9 in Astoria. For information, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml 
or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-Heritage-Conference/194597583890959
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